Statement of Practice

General Civil Practice including Corporate, Securities, Antitrust, Insurance, Banking, Commercial Law, Cooperative Law, Probate, Real Estate, Taxation, Workers Compensation, Municipal, Legislative, Labor, Administrative Law and Trials in all Courts.

Representative Clients:

BNSF Railway Company
BP Amoco Co.
General Electric Co.
Deere & Co.
Chevron Chemical Co.
Eli Lilly and Co.
Monsanto Agricultural Co.
The Hertz Corp.
Aventis
3M Corp.
HON Industries
The Waldinger Corp.
Wells Fargo Bank Iowa, N.A.
American International Group
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Land O'Lakes
Iowa Automobile Dealers Assn.
Federation of Iowa Insurers
Iowa Life and Health Insurance Assn.
Iowa Newspaper Assn.
Iowa Chapter, American Institute of Architects
Iowa Society of Certified Public Accountants
Iowa Grocery Industry Assn.
Hubbell Realty Co.
U-Haul International
Iowa Health System
Grinnell College
American Insurance Assn
CHUBB Group of Insurance Cos.
ING Groep N.V.
Novartis
Safeco Insurance Co.
GuideOne Insurance Group
The Iowa Clinic, P.C.
McFarland Clinic, P.C.
AmerUs Life Insurance Co.
Story Construction Co.
Jacobson Companies
Pepsi-Cola General Bottlers, Inc.
Mary Greeley Medical Center
Bank of America, N.A.
American Gas Assn.
Iowa Association of Electric Cooperatives
Qwest Communications Corp.
LightEdge Solutions, Inc.
Helena Chemical Co.
John Deere Health Care, Inc.
Alliant Energy
FPL Energy LLC
Hawkeye Renewables, LLC
Meredith Corporation
The Cincinnati Insurance Cos.
American Family Mutual Insurance Co.
UNUMProvident Companies
LaSalle Bank National Association
AEGON N.V.
Lennox Industries, Inc.
American General Life Companies
Zurich American Insurance
MidAmerican Energy Company
FMC Corp.
Newsham Genetics, LC.

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Address

805 Wright Brothers Blvd., Suite 1 P.O. Box 8870
Cedar Rapids, IA 52408, (Linn Co.)

Phone

Phone: 319-286-7000
Telecopier: 319-286-7050

Website

http://www.nyemaster.com

Firm/Affiliate Offices

REGISTERED PATENT ATTORNEYS

Glenn L. Johnson (Shareholder) born Akron, Ohio, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Iowa; U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Cornell College; University of Northern Colorado (B.A., 1973); University of Iowa (J.D., with distinction, 1975). Member, Linn County Attorney's Office, 1975-1979. Member: Linn County (Member, Ethics and Grievance Committee, 1985—), Iowa State (Member: Bridge-The-Gap-Seminar Committee, 1982-1985; Executive Council, Young Lawyers Section, 1984-1985; Annual Meeting Seminar Committee, 1988-1989; Labor Law Committee, 1988-1989; Labor Law Section, 1990—; Co-Chair: Federal/State EEO Developments Subcommittee, 1990-1991; Federal Practice Committee, 1996—; Litigation Section, 1990—; Intellectual Property Section, 1998—; Chairman, 2006-2007), Federal Circuit and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation, 1988—; Labor and Employment Law, 1988—; Intellectual Property Law, 1995—) Bar Associations; Iowa Intellectual Property Law Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers (Elected Fellow). Practice Areas: Patents; Trademarks; Civil Litigation; Technology and Science; Employment Law.Email: Glenn L. Johnson

Robert W. Hoke, II (Shareholder) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, Iowa; 1983, Minnesota; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Iowa State University (B.S., Chemical Engineering, 1973); University of Iowa (M.B.A.; J.D., 1977). Licensed Patent Attorney, 1978. Member: Iowa State and American Bar Associations; International Trademark Association (Director, 1997-2000); American Intellectual Property Law Association; Iowa Intellectual Property Law Association; Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Trademarks; Patents; Copyrights; Intellectual Property Licensing; Intellectual Property.Email: Robert W. Hoke, II

Ryan N. Carter (Shareholder) born Midland, Michigan, 1975; admitted to bar, 2002, Iowa; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Iowa (B.S., Chemistry, 1998); Southern Illinois University (J.D., cum laude, 2002). Member: Linn County (Vice President, Board of Governors), Iowa State (Executive Council Member and Membership Committee Chair, Young Lawyers Division) and American Bar Associations; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Iowa Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Patent; Trademark; Intellectual Property; Copyrights.Email: Ryan N. Carter

All Members and Associates of the Firm are Members of the Linn County, Iowa State and American Bar Associations.

Firm is a Member of the State Capital Global Law Firm Group. (Member firms of the State Capital Global Law Firm Group practice independently and not in a relationship for the joint practice of law).